The Washington critic., 1887-07-29
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
now to Reach tii Portions of tho
National Capital.

Fare for each person on all lines, cents.
Tickets are sold hy driver or conductor Of
all cars, 6 for % cents, good on auy line.
Washington and Georgetown Railroad -StHrt 3
nt Georgetown, corner OF High street, down
Bridge street, ncro,s Rock Creek, cast along
Pennsylvania avenue, passing circlD CON
talnne Mills statue Of Washington; Cor
cornn Gallery, state, Warand Navy Dcput-
tncnts; Presidents House, Lafayette square,
containing Mills equestrian statue Of Au-
drew Jackson; Department Of Justice thalt-
ling ut Fifteenth street, where transfers are
given to Fourteenth street Branch Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and Treasury De-
partmonti again down Pennsylvania avenue
by Willard'sand other hotels, and through
the principal business portion Uf the city,
crossing seventh street west nc Center
Market (whorg transfers are givGn to the
Seventh Street Branch, going north toward
Boundary street or south to Potomac luvcD
past Botanical Gardens to Naval Monument
lhore transfers are given to branch running
TO baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot, as.
Cending south side Of Capitol lIill, cOntin-
uing along II street south to sylyania
avenue, turning Into Eighth street east past
the Marine Barracks to Navy. Yard gate.
Returning, same route and conditions.
Fourtecnth.street Branch - Starts at Now
York avenue and Fifteenth street west, out
Fourteenth street TO Boundary, passing
Franklin square and Thomas statue, lie.
turning. same route. Transfers given toand
from main or Avenue line. Connects with
cars TO Mount Pleasant every half hour.
Fare, u cents nuultlOnul
seventh street Brancl-starts at boundary
and runs due south across the city along
seventh street west, passing Mount Vernon
Square, Patent and postoiiices, Odd.Ful.
lows Hall, crossing Pennsylvania avenue
at Centre Market and City POstOniuc (wherc
transfers are given to the main or Avenue
line), continuing across tho Mall, past the
Smithsonian Institution and National Mu-
scum, to the whnrvcs Of the Mount Vernon,
Norfolk and other steamers and Alexandria
ferry. Returning, same route,
Metropolitan Railway-Lraving Georgetown,
where IL makes u circuit Of West, High,
Fayettc, Second, DumbartOn and Mont
goinery streets, passing near Georgetown
Service Reservoir, and oak llll Cemetery,
over Rock Creek To 7 street north, thence
along Connecticut avenue, amidst the pnla.
tial residences OF the West End, Including
that Of the British minister; along Seven
teCnth street west to II street north, Four.
teonth street to +, passing willard and the
Ebhltt House, crossing Ninth street (where
transfers are given TO the Ninthstreet
IiranCh), past the Patent and Post Offices,
to FIFTH street, to Louisiana avenue, passing
Judiciary square, city Hall, aud Lincoln
Monument; Indiana avenue to g street, by
the Baltimore and Ohio depot TO Delaware
avenue, to II street north, to First street
east, thence along East Capitol street to lin
coin Park, Returning, same ruutc goin;
west, except along New Jersey avenue and
D street instead of Indiana avenue.
Cars also leave thc west front Of the State,
War and Navy Departments at convenient
intervals, connecting With above line at
Seventeenth and II streets,
Ninth street Branch Starts at northern ter
minus OF seventh street west lwhcrc II con.
meets with silver Springs Branch, diyerging
tu Ninth street. thence south, passing
Mount Vernon square, Masonic Temple,
Patent and POstOiliCos at L street twhrre
transfers are given 10 main line east or
vest, thence to u street, passing Centre
Market and Baltimore and Potomac Depot,
and.a.half street, thence TO the Arsenal
gate and steamboat wharvcs, Potomac
River. Returning by same route.
Silver Springs Brnnch-Starts from northern
terminus Of Ninth.street Branch, following
Seventh street road, past Howard Uniyor
grounds OF Soldiers Home. Returning,
same route.
Columbia Railway-starts at Fifteenth street
west, southeast of Treasury Department
along New York avenue to its intersection
with Massachusetts, avenue ut Seventh
street; thence ON Massachusetts avenue e
II street north, past the Government Print
ing Office to boundary and beginning O
Baltimore turnpike and Benning's Bridg,
road. Returning, same route,
North Capitol and street (or BelU Railroat
Starts from Maryland avenue and Four
and.a-half street, thence east TO First west
north to g street, west to Fourth street
north to i street, west to Eleventh street
south to Il street north, west to Fourteenth
Twelfth street. south 10 Virginia avenu
and east TO starting point Returning, SAINT
route, except passing east over Instead o
j street.
This line also has short connecting roads run
ming to the Centre Market, Potomac rive
steamboat wharves, Bureau Of Engravinl
and Printing, Washington Monument ant
Eleventh and Boundary.
| Anacostia Railroad Starting from foot o
Seventh street, along VI street south
past navy-yard gate. to Twelfth street east
and over the Anacostia Bridge TO Union
town and the Government Hospital for tn
Insane. Returning, same route. Transfer
T. and from Avenue Line or Seventh stree
Branch Washington and Georgetown Rail
road 8 cents,
| ucrdlc coaches are running from the Navy
Yard via Pennsylvania avenue to Twenty
second and q streets northwest. Fare,
cents; six tickets for - cents. HOrse.Ca
tickets are also received as fare.
| Herdic cabs are run 10 any part OF the city
| Fare, % cents, within | MILE IS cents pc
hour for one passenger; 81 per hour fU
more than one Stands, East Capitol from
and Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh
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